Poker Time Management

cardartist85 · Mar 30, 2019

Hey all,

I am fairly new to cardschat but I have been recently struggling with my time management playing poker. I am an artist as well and so I work from home and can usually do quite well but lately I have probably been giving a little too much time to poker lol. I love the game and I have been profitable but not enough where I should be cutting into my work time. Last year I profited about $5000 total but my average buy ins were around $11 or so each. I would like to get some feedback on how much a day you guys spend playing poker. I try to reserve Sunday completely for poker and only a play few hours if i have time on the other days of the week. Do any of you have a system that is working out really well for you?

Thanks

danntesvarna · Mar 30, 2019

My favorite question.I play cash games 4-5 days per week 5-6 hours per day.I make 1-2 hour session than go outside or relax.

Iryna Stryzheuskaya · Mar 30, 2019

I think that you yourself must build your system. Too many individual factors affect this.

Rob Hobson · Apr 7, 2019

Establish you priorities.
With too many tournaments on the line we must focus on the most important ones for us attempting to attend our life's priorities.

dkoeberl1 · Apr 16, 2019

It's all about scheduling your week according to a set amount of priorities.

(Example: Priorities are tournaments and Cash Games...
I want to dedicate:
1 full day to live tournaments
1 full day to live cash games
1 full day to online play
6 days max to play any kind of poker)

ClickPoker · Apr 16, 2019

I like to play tournaments, if I do well only play one tournament a day and Sundays a couple of them. This takes me on average 2 to 3 hours.
But you should consider measuring the number of hands

tauri103 · Apr 16, 2019

I play 4 hours a day. it is advisable to begin to multitabler minimum 6 table to make your playing time profitable. until reaching 12 table at the same time. but it must not interfere with your level of play.

plastilin898 · Apr 16, 2019

I play every day for 3-5 hours) I play mostly tournaments

Alex70793 · Apr 17, 2019

When you play tournaments you need to reserve 6-7 hours a day, this time is needed to take 1st place in the tournament. With cache easier, you can play as many hours a day as you want.

neptun1914 · Apr 23, 2019

Good question which concerns everybody at some stage. It very much depends how you treat poker. Is it just one of your several hobbies, is it your main hobby or is it at professional level? For me poker is just one of my hobbies so i usually play for 1 to 3 hours after work approximately 2 or 3 days during business week. I like to play during weekends but unfortunately rarely have the time needed. Your strategy to play in the evenings during week and reserve sunday for poker looks good compromise to me.

Millie232 · Apr 23, 2019

I set aside every evening for poker but then only play in the evening unless there's a special tournament, but I will always give it up to do something more social with friends or family. This way I play about 10-15 hours per week but still balance everything else in my life!

Ltech · Apr 23, 2019

time is money

This depends on the sites you play as well as your favorite tournaments. In a way, setting up a bankroll is an efficient schedule for the available tournaments, I'm starting with the promotions that cardschat offers, based on which set priorities and the best of their time.

Transcendence · Apr 23, 2019

I do not know, in poker online should definitely adhere to what time mainegov, say if I play cash it is better to play sessions say to determine for a couple of hours or an hour, and if the tournaments it is better to Grindeth on the weekends, there's even a special tournament Saturday and Sunday, play on weekends, and the rest of the time, take a break from poker, then you will increase the performance and equity of the hand range! Good luck!

antonios007 · Apr 23, 2019

i also find hard sometimes to keep up with playing daily and also be social... it's all about priorities i guess. but is easy to get lost if you start playing often and more professionally as you get more experience

MishkaZL · Apr 26, 2019

On weekends, I play poker for 6-8 hours. On weekdays I play poker 2-3 hours a day. Of course, there are days when I do not play poker, but it depends on my mood.

urachicho · Apr 26, 2019

Same problem here, tournaments take for hours & can just consume your whole evening til midnight, what I do is I play some turbos for fun or maybe just 1 tournament that can take for long hours.

Newzooozooo · Apr 26, 2019

Hi.
I play 3-4 hours each day. But on Saturday and Sunday, I usually play more than 8-12 hours. Sometimes, I can go on a business trip for a few days, then I take a break and do not play poker.
Good luck.

NUGGEETTEE · Apr 27, 2019

I like to play for 40 minutes and take breaks and come back and reload

Lena M · Apr 28, 2019

Hello.
I have plenty of free time, so I can play for 5-6 hours a day, and basically I play every day. But I spend very little time studying. Therefore, in the future, I plan to spend 3-4 hours a week to study.

Deedgee · Apr 28, 2019

I hate myself when I forego my work, which is writing, to play online. Even if I make money online, the value of the lost time weighs on me.

induce · Apr 28, 2019

i don't think it matters too much. your life should take priority over a game.
any time you put into it will reap dividends as long as you approach it seriously!

Sdub2020 · Apr 1, 2020

Still working on this myself can be hard to walk away from a good game.

DancingNancie · Apr 1, 2020

Make a schedule like you would when you're working from home. Time management is crucial in most aspects of life and if you need to set an alarm on your phone as a reminder you should do that. I prefer cash games to tournaments and that makes it easier to navigate leaving at any time. I do Sundays when I don't have anything else to play tournaments since I can just sit and grind those. They do take a lot more time in larger fields and need to kind of kill a day to play them if you do well.

LedZeffelin · Apr 1, 2020

cardartist85 said:
Hey all,

I am fairly new to cardschat but I have been recently struggling with my time management playing poker. I am an artist as well and so I work from home— and can usually do quite well but lately I have probably been giving a little too much time to poker lol. I love the game and I have been profitable but not enough where I should be cutting into my work time. Last year I profited about $5000 total but my average buy ins were around $11 or so each. I would like to get some feedback on how much a day you guys spend playing poker. I try to reserve Sunday completely for poker and only a play few hours if i have time on the other days of the week. Do any of you have a system that is working out really well for you?

Thanks

My2 cents—you cant talk about time management without including study time.

pokerdebit · Apr 1, 2020

Time management is a difficult one when it comes to poker
Especially tournaments lasting around 8 hours
My advise is just to play one day a week
Because once you start playing you will most likely want to continue for hours, lol
So one day a week is great

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